Senator John Logan, the Republican vice-presidential nominee and former Union
general, stands as a cigar-store Indian, advertising veterans' pensions in hopes
of enticing Union veterans to support the Republican ticket. Union veterans were
an influential voice in American politics for decades after the Civil War, and
Congress awarded pensions to increasing numbers of them. Although the veteran in
front offers his hand for a reward, both men look skeptically at the
vice-presidential candidate.